Anthropological study on the formation of national culture in consumption style: A case study in Indonesia

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23320191
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Haruya Kagami 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 教授 (20224339)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MORIYAMA Mikihiro 南山大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (50298494) ; NAKATANI Ayami 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (90288697) ; NAGATSU Kazufumi 東洋大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20324676) ; TSUDA Koji 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 准教授 (60581022)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 生活用品 / 消費様式 / 国民文化形成 / インドネシア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study group made a list of house utensils which are thought to be necessary goods for a family life in the region, and collect data of such house utensils in the various regions in Indonesia. The list contains the basic house utensils amounting 75 goods, including cloths, kitchen utensils, house and furnitures, sanitary goods, and so on. During 5 years research period, each member of the study group conducted field research with visiting 60 more households to collect data on house utensils. The visited households spread throughout Indonesia, and some tentative data-collecting were conducted in Thailand, Singapore and The Netherlands. The collected data in document and photograph were shared among the study group and were used for comparative analyses and discussion.

Free Research Field

文化人類学